Medication errors in anesthesia: unacceptable or unavoidable?
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0104-0014
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjane.2015.09.006